Thread: Near miss from space junk.
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Old March 29th 07, 09:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Andrew Gideon
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Default Near miss from space junk.
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:44:02 -0600, RomeoMike wrote:

How does he know how far away it was? Does the Airbus have radar that
would measure the distance? It would be impossible to tell visually.

Pitch up and use the RADAR altimeter.

Whee!

- Andrew